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The Swamp at AWP: An Off-Site Reading

Portland Burger 304 SW 2nd Ave, Portland, OR, United States

Come celebrate The Swamp Literary Magazine's night of firsts! It's not only The Swamp's first AWP appearance, but it's our very first reading! Join writers from our past three issues and from our forthcoming fourth issue all in one cozy spot...closely located to the Oregon Convention Center and right in downtown Portland. Our talented readers in no particular order: Christina Cook Gary Lemons Sonya Dunning Brooke Larson Joshua Bernstein Manda Frederick John Sibley Williams Rebecca Gonshak

Free

AWP Offsite: A Friday Night of Literature

The Slide Inn 2342 SE Ankeny St, Portland, OR, United States

AWP-attending-loves! Join us Friday, March 29 at The Slide Inn for a marvelous reading featuring contributors from Adroit, Denver Quarterly, Salt Hill Journal, Quarterly West, and Western Humanities Review! Food and drink will be provided free of charge. See you there! Readers will include: The Adroit Journal: Sarah Rose Etter, Megan Giddings, C Pam Zhang Denver Quarterly: Janalyn Guo, Nora Jean Lange, Sandra Meek, Bevin O'Connor Salt Hill: Rebecca Bedell, Saddiq M Dzukogi, Kwabena Foli, Elana Lev Friedland, Emily O'Neill Quarterly West: Emily Flouton, Amina Gautier, Brooke Larson, Ryan Ridge Western Humanities: Kelly Dulaney, John James, Jenna Le, Vi Khi Nao, Aimee Parkison

Free